KANE'S LOST CHILDHOOD Citizen Kane is one of the most famous movies ever made. The movie tells the story of a child who inherited a fortune and was then taken away from his surroundings and his parents to be raised by a banker by the name of Mr. Thatcher. Kane becomes a very wealthy newspaper tycoon who holds on to material things to make up for his loss of a childhood and lack of love …showed first 75 words of 1028 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1028 total…crumbling around him, his lofty dreams left unrealized as the stark unfinished corridors of Xanidu witness his final thoughts. Citizen Kane has many themes in it but the loss of a childhood and the lack of love from his mother are ones that follow Kane throughout his entire life. It even follows him to his death. Kane dies without living a full life as living a life without love is not living life at all